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John 11:55

And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

KJV

ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβησαν πολλοὶ εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐκ τῆς χώρας πρὸ τοῦ πάσχα, ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς.

Greek NT

Proximum autem erat Pascha Judæorum, et ascenderunt multi Jerosolymam de regione ante Pascha, ut sanctificarent seipsos.

Vulgate

Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.

ASV

And the pasch of the Jews was at hand: and many from the country went up to Jerusalem, before the pasch, to purify themselves.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
πάσχα
pascha
aramaic_word · 29×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πρό
pro
preposition · 47×
χώρα
chora
noun · 28×
ἀναβαίνω
anabaino
verb · 81×
ἁγνίζω
agnizo
verb · 7×
ἐγγύς
eggus
adverb · 30×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
Ἱεροσόλυμα
ierosoluma
noun · 61×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 30:17 — For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
  • Exod 19:10 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
  • Gen 35:2 — Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
  • Heb 9:13 — For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
  • John 2:13 — And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
  • John 2:13 — And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
  • John 6:4 — And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
  • John 6:4 — And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
  • John 12:1 — Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
  • John 12:1 — Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
  • John 18:28 — Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
  • Luke 22:1 — Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
  • Matt 26:2 — Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.